Brake for vehicles.



A. P; PEABODY.

BRAKE FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION 21mm APR.28,1909.

Tia-1 Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBION PERLEY PEABODY, OF CAMP VERDE, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

BRAKE FOR VEHICLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBION PERLEY PEA- BODY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Camp Verde, in the county of Yavapai and Territory of Arizona, have invented a new and useful Brake for Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a construction for a brake wherein the wearing shoe may be quickly and readily replaced; to provide a holding device for securing the wearing shoe to the brake, which will not become loosened; and to provide a construction for securing the said wearing shoe to the brake, which is strong, durable and simple.

One embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wagon, provided with a brake and a brake shoe held in position in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a brake beam, a brake and a brake shoe held in position by holding devices constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 3 is a face view of the construction shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings; Fig. 4 is a face view of the brake head, the shoe and fastening devices for the same being removed; Fig. 5 is a top view of the construction shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a rear view of the construction shown in Fig. 2, the holding bolts for the brake bracket being shown in section on the line 66 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 7 is a top view of the brake beam, brake bracket, brake head and brake shoe, held to the brake head by means of devices of a modified form.

In Fig. 1 is illustrated the rear end of an ordinary mountain road wagon, equipped with the usual brake appliances and mountings. The brake beam 8 in the majority of construct-ions at present in use, is perforated to receive fastening bolts 9, the heads of which are countersunk in a bracket 10. The bracket 10 is provided with two extensions which are undercut as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The said extensions where they are under-cut are formed to converge at the bottom to produce a wedge-shaped slot as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The extensions Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 28, 1909.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909. Serial No. 492,626.

thus under-cut and converged form a tapering slot, having a dovetail recess to receive and hold a wedge-shaped extension 11, formed on the back of the brake head, as shown more particularly in Figs. 2 and 6.

In mounting the brake head 12, the extensionll is inserted within the dovetail slot formed by the extensions in the brake bracket, and the head is driven downward until firmly seated in the slot. The torsional strain of the wheel upon the brake head is in the majority of instances downward, tending to set the extension 11 of the brake head more firmly within the slot and more firmly secure the engagement of the brake head upon the bracket 10. As stated, this construction is common to the majority of gtandard makes of wagons of the present It is intended that in all instances the brake head 12 should be provided with some sort of wearing shoe. The brake head is usually constructed of hard wood, whereas the wearing shoe 13 is formed from a softer material, that used in the present instance being by preference, wood. The face of the brake head 12 is formed to a shorter curve than the face of the shoe 13. By this means the dislodging tendency of the braking strain exerted by the wheel upon the shoe 13 is transferred to the brake head 12, and not to the fastening devices.

To secure the brake shoe upon the head 12 so that the same will not become dislodged therefrom, I have provided the side plates 14, which are constructed preferably from malleable iron. The plates 14 rest against the sides of the shoe 13 and the head 12, and are drawn against the same by a bolt 15 which is extended through grooves formed between the surface of the shoe and head, as shown at 16 in Fig. 4. The groove 16 is duplicated in the back of the shoe 13, so that when the shoe and head are properly adjusted the two grooves will aline to form a round perforation to receive the bolt 15, the bolt 15 being tightened by a nut 17. The plates 14 may be secured to the shoe 13 by any desirable known means, that shown in the drawings in Fig. 2 being to perforate the plates 14 so that nails 18 may be driven through the said perforations into the shoe 13. The plates 14 are provided with rearward extensions 19 which are likewise perforated'to receive abolt 20 adapted to :bear against the rear surface of the head 12. By means of the bolt 20 and the nails 18, the shoe 13 is prevented from separating from the head 12, while the bolt 15. extending through and seated in the grooves 16 prevents any lateral disadjustment of the shoe on the head.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 7 there are provided overturned ends 21 on the extensions 19, which replacethe bolt 20 above described;

The operation of placing upon the head 12 the brake shoe 13 when provided with' the plates 14 constructedin accordance with this invention, is as follows: The plates let are placed on the side of the head 12, the bolts 20 or extensions 21 being seated behind the saidhead, and the perforations in the plates 14 being in line with the grooves 16 inqthe said head. The bolt 15 is passed through from one plate to the other, extending through the grooves 16. The nut 17 is screwed lightly into position, and the shoe 13 is now inserted between the plates 14,

placing the groove in the face thereof which.

corresponds to the groove 16 in the head 12, over the bolt 15'. The fastening'devices 18 are then driven into position and the nut 17 is screwed hard home. The head is now equipped with the shoe 13 and may be mounted wedge-shaped extension 11'into the dovetail slot provided in the face of the said bracket 10, and the device is then in position for operation. The operation of a brake constructed "n accordance with-this invention is the same as brakes of the ordinary type.

WVhen it becomes desirable to separate the shoe 13 from the head 12, this is accomplished by raising the head 12 out of engagement with the bracket 10 and then un screwing the nut 17 to loosen the bolt 15 and j by it relieve the tension of the plates 14 upon 1 the sides of the head 12 and the shoe 13fv The bolts 20 (if that construction be eIn-- ployed) will then be withdrawn and the: shoe 13 carrying the plates 1 1 and the bolt. 15 is drawn from engagement with the head, 12. The plates 14:, 14, may now be pried; from the shoe 13 suiiiciently to withdraw the fastening devices 18, by any of the well-- known methods. If the construction shown\ in Fig. 7 be used the fastening devices 18% will be withdrawn prior to removing the shoe from the head."

Having thus described my invention, 1' claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A brake, comprising a head havingal curved face adapted to receive a removableI shoe the said curved face being grooved transverselyv to receive a bolt, a shoe. con structed of a suitable wearing material and and grooves in the head in the bracket 10 by inserting the:

to the rear of-the same, and a through grooves shaped, to rest V within the said curved face of the said head and provided with a transverse groove to correspond with the said groove in the headto receive the same, side plates adapted to rest upon the said head shoe and perforated to receive the said bolt, a; bolt adapted to extend through the said plates and to rest within the said and shoe and having suitable tightening devices, and suitable devices for fastening the said shoe and the said head to the said plates.

2. A: brake, comprising a head having a curved face adaptedto receive a removable shoe the said face being grooved transversely to receive a bolt; a I shoe constructed of a suitable wearing material and shaped'to rest within the said curved face' of the said head and providedwith a transverse groove to-correspond with the-said groove in the head'- to receive the same bolt, side platesadapted to rest upon the saidhead-and shoe andperforated to receive abolt and fastening devices, a bolt adapted to extend through the said plates and to rest; within the said groovesin-the head and shoeand having suitable;- tightening devices, and: fastening devices adapted to be driven through the perforations in-said plates into the said shoe and to impinge upon the said'head.

8. A brake, comprising a head having a wedgeshaped rear extension, the sides whereofare undercut, a brake beamprovided with brackets-adapted to extend'within the under cu-t'portion of said extension to hold the said head upon the said beam, a shoe constructed'of a suitable wearing ma terial-adapted to rest upon the said head, side plates-secured to the said shoe and having" extensions'adapted to infold the said head, means for securing the said extensions of said plates to the said head by extending bolt adapted to pass through the said plates to draw the same-upon the saidshoe, saidbolt passing formed in both the said shoe and the said head.

1.,A brake, comprising a head'having a curved face adapted to receive a movable shoe, the said face being 7 groovedtransversely' to receive a bolt and provided with a wedge-shaped rear extension the sides whereof are under cut, a shoe constructed of a suitable wearing-material shaped "to fit within the said curved face of said head and provided with a transverse groove to correspond with the said groove in the head to receive-thesame bolt, a bracket adapted to be fixedly mounted upon the brake beam and havingextensions adapted to fit within the said undercut sides'of 'the said rear extensions, side platesyfixedly secured to the said shoe and perforatedto receive a bolt and adaptedto info-ldthe sides of said head,

a bolt extending through the said plates and In testimony whereof I have signed my resting Within the said grooves in the head name to this specification in the presence of and shoe adapted to be tightened upon the two subscribing Witnesses.

same, and suitable devices for fastening the ALBION PERLEY PEABODY. 15 said shoe to the said head adapted to pass Witnesses: through the said plates to the rear of the GEORGE E. LoPER,

said head. WILLIAM STEPHENS. 

